I love reading this book. It's a mini vacation when I can't get away in real life. Despite the movie's focus on the murder trial, the book is mostly aI love reading this book. It's a mini vacation when I can't get away in real life. Despite the movie's focus on the murder trial, the book is mostly about the idiosyncratic population of Savannah in a city that unapologetically clings to its traditions, right or wrong, good or bad. Definitely pick it up if you like travel literature and want to escape to the smell of magnolia trees and the clink of ice in martini shakers....more